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Abstract
The present study aims at answering the question as to how a language
sets up limits for the thought, and vice versa, by examining the response
that George Tarabichi gives to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri in terms of the
dialectical relationship of Arabic language and thought by which it is
expressed. In his works, Tarabichi proposes a strategy for his project in
criticising the Arabic mind and its achievements, and for his increasing
interest in criticising the dialectical relationship between the Language
and thought and their properities. On the other hand, Tarabichi has
addressed the Jabri critical project and refuted some of Jabri s theses.
This study examines a number of aspects within the debate of the two
scholars, especially in terms of their methods in approaching language,
dynamics of mind, situations of humanity, dialectic of Arab-non-Arab
relations and their civlizational roles, their respective contribution to the
Arabo-Islamic civilization, and of whether Arabic is merely an expansion
of Bedouin culture or it is an expansion of the non-Arab cultures,
especially Greek, Persian, and Indian.
Keyword: Arabic Language and thought, civilization, Tarabichi, Jabri.
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that George Tarabichi gives to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri in terms of the
dialectical relationship of Arabic language and thought by which it is
expressed. In his works, Tarabichi proposes a strategy for his project in
criticising the Arabic mind and its achievements, and for his increasing
interest in criticising the dialectical relationship between the Language
and thought and their properities. On the other hand, Tarabichi has
addressed the Jabri critical project and refuted some of Jabri s theses.
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relations and their civlizational roles, their respective contribution to the
Arabo-Islamic civilization, and of whether Arabic is merely an expansion
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